SDXI is a standard for a memory-to-memory data mover and acceleration interface that is extensible, forward-compatible, and independent of I/O interconnect technology. Among other features, SDXI standardizes an interface and architecture that can be abstracted or virtualized with a well-defined capability to quiesce, suspend, and resume the architectural state of a per-address-space data mover.

Computational Storage is a SNIA standard that defines architectures for offloading the host or reducing data movement. Compute resources residing on a storage device or very near a storage device perform computations on data instead of the host. Computational Storage reduces bandwidth and power requirements of the storage fabric and frees the host for other purposes.

The SNIA SDXI+CS Subgroup is exploring the architectural possibilities of combining SDXI with Computational Storage including architectures involving NVMe subsystems. In this session, we will introduce the architecture and use cases for these technologies and then open up to discussion with a panel comprised of key experts from the subgroup.